New Year's Resolutions 2023
It’s here! A brand-new year. Did you set any resolutions? Are you the goal setting type? Would you be more motivated to stick to your goals if you were consistently rewarded for taking continual steps towards your resolutions? In this post I’ll talk about how you can be rewarded for living a healthy lifestyle through your life insurance policy.
Personally, I can’t help myself at the beginning of a New Year from setting goals. It feels like a fresh start, so naturally, setting new goals makes sense.
I’m not alone in the goal setting craze either. Every year, approximately 59% of young adults make New Year’s resolutions, and almost half of those resolutions are to exercise more. In fact, the top 3 resolutions are all health related: exercise more, eat healthier, lose weight.
Unfortunately, 23% of all these resolutions is abandoned in the first week and only 1/3rd of those who make New Year’s resolutions make it past the first month and by the end of the year only 9% successfully keep to their resolutions set at the beginning of the year.
The main reason for giving up on resolutions is people losing their motivation. So, I’ll ask the question again, would you be more motivated to stick to your goals if you were consistently rewarded for taking continual steps towards your resolutions?
Enter the Manulife Vitality program
If you don’t already know this Manulife is the largest insurance company in Canada, and as such, they don’t concern themselves very much with another insurance company taking market share from them. They are much more concerned with a tech company like Apple or Google coming in and disrupting the insurance market, because when you’re the industry leader, you have the most to lose.
In an effort to be on the cutting edge of product development and help bolster their immunity to technological developments, Manulife partnered with a company called Vitality to offer customers rewards and incentives for making positive changes to their health and wellness.
What kind of incentives are we talking about?
For starters, they have to be able to track your healthy activities, so they offer a free Garmin wearable device along with the opportunity to get the latest Apple Watches and upgraded Garmin devices for next to free. As long as you’re doing workouts, they’ll cover the monthly payments for your device.
The more actions you take toward improving and sustaining healthy activities the more reward points you collect which lead to even more rewards from multiple different partners, such as:
SAUCONY
60% off 3 items from Saucony
HELLO FRESH
$148 off meal boxes from Hello Fresh
EXPEDIA REWARDS
50% off an unlimited number of nights, up to $500 per booking, twice per year. (That’s potentially a $1,000 in savings and $2,000 in savings if both spouses are a part of the Vitality plan)
Along with other rewards like:
Amazon Prime Annual Membership paid for
Discounted membership to Goodlife Fitness centres
Lower Insurance Premiums
Annual blood exams showing results for BMI, LDL/HDL cholesterol, total cholesterol levels, triglycerides, blood glucose, and A1c levels (a $150 value)
Weekly chances to win $5-$100 gift cards to Amazon.ca, Hudson’s bay, Tim Hortons, Starbucks, Walmart, and Homesense, Winners, Marshalls
Monthly chances to win up to $500 in gift cards to Amazon.ca, Hudson’s bay, Tim Hortons, Starbucks, Walmart, and Homesense, Winners, Marshalls
Is this your year?
Are you needing some extra motivation to achieve your goals this year? Then this might be just what you need to get it done this year. Don’t let yourself repeat the cycle of setting and giving up on your goals in the first few weeks of the year. Instead, focus on your health and accomplishing your goals. If you’d like more information about Vitality click here to set up a time with Lane.
Are you already a part of the Manulife Vitality program? Make sure you are following Lane on Instagram to get reminders about unlocking your rewards.